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On Fri, Nov 28 2003, sebyte wrote:

> 1)  What are all the references to 'ding'?

,----[ (info "(gnus)History") ]
|    During the first extended alpha period of development, the new Gnus
| was called "(ding) Gnus".  "(ding)" is, of course, short for "ding is
| not Gnus", which is a total and utter lie, but who cares?  (Besides,
| the "Gnus" in this abbreviation should probably be pronounced "news" as
| UMEDA intended, which makes it a more appropriate name, don't you
| think?)
`----

> Is a ~/.newsrc.eld file known (affectionately) as an 'El Dingo'
> because of the filename suffix?

,----[ (info "(gnus)Startup Files") ]
|    The `gnus-startup-file' variable says where the startup files are.
| The default value is `~/.newsrc', with the Gnus (El Dingo) startup file
| being whatever that one is, with a `.eld' appended.
`----

> 2)  What's Oort Gnus?

(info "(gnus)Gnus Development"), (info "(gnus)Oort Gnus")

> 3)  What are the .xdm/.xpm files in .../etc/gnus/?  When do they get used?

For the Toolbar in Emacs 21 and XEmacs, see (info "(gnus)Image
Enhancements").

Didn't you find the manual?  ;-)

Bye, Reiner.
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